Raphaël Bardet Email & Phone Number

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Global Product Manager at Ahlstrom-Munksjö, specializing in sustainable fiber-based solutions for food packaging across Europe and North America. With over 10 years of experience, I focus on product innovation, value proposition building, and go-to-market strategies. Passionate about replacing non-renewable materials, I work closely with customers and.

Pont-Évêque, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

• Responsible of the overall product portfolio of the Parchment BU, ~130M€ Revenue, +22% EBITDA
• Acted as the business interface for 2 French factories: S&OP, claim management, and CAPEX initiatives
• Successfully implemented value-based pricing in a post-Covid inflationary market, resulting in incremental growth of EBITDA
• Boost innovation sales from 2% to 8% by focusing on high-growth and margin segments: furniture, coffee lid, cosmetics
• Managed and developed a team of 4 FTEs, overseeing both an R&D team and Business Dev activities

• Business leader responsible for the food packaging portfolio within the flexpack BU, ~170M€ Revenue, +13% EBITDA
• Rebuild the marketing strategies with the Sales and MarCom teams, including value prop definition and pricing
• Reposition 40% of the portfolio towards paper-to-plastic replacement: transparent paper, paper straws, and molding trays
• Part of the integration team during the Expera acquisition in 2019, overseeing in/out product transfers for the food business part
• Managed a team of 2 Product Managers

Région De Lyon, France

• Design and develop nonwovens products for Beverage & Casing applications
• Development of plastic free wet-laid product ranges for tea and casing applications
• Technical support for key beverage brandowners in North America (Unilever, Keurig) and Europe (Twining’s, Kalle)
• Project leader for replacement of Abaca fibers with synthetic fibers (nanocellulose, lyocell fibers)
• Management of 2 r&d technicians (incl. 1 based in US)

Thonon-les-Bains

• Manage r&d projects including applied development & upfront research in specialty papers including 3-years apprentice
• Develop a thin paper product range for industrial inkjet printing “Primajet”
• Research program on barrier properties with a university (LGP2): scientific article (6), oral presentation (6), patents (2)
• Main technical interface with raw materials suppliers to support the procurement team
• Lead a cross-functional team with a focus on portfolio diversification

Phd In Material Science, Materials Science

Engineer (Msc) Paper Engineering

Dut Mesures Physiques, Techniques Instrumentales